Filing device



'- suchi-as a partition :means or member extending into said Patented July 20, 1926.

n'neeromr onrceeoj 'rrmnvors, essrenon 'ro riin cnnimn'rsnn -;.i iled lsuch; iasvthe;filing otcards ef difierent i ifi yfj' e l' 20 tiqngbgproviding two 01 111016 sets of grooves a such. Ajnonmset of grooyes will provide a filing -,-space;sfior -one-sizewofcards and win another va41 movable backing member preferably slid- UNli-T'ED STATES RAT-EN The present invention relates to filing devices and't'he like.

5 -Among -the objects OLE-the invention isto provide ,a-simple means .ter efiecting'a tilring space-in .-a drawer or like container vWithout modifying I the construction of the drawer-gens by taking an existing or ordifnary drawer .and by. a simple change, such -as;the merecutting-oi grooves in opposite sides 01E; vertical walls thereof, and -adding theretmwithont further change or modification,:the.anemeers'that will'etfect a space-and back thearticles filed in any number'offilings thereof;

iof making the device adaptable or selective ;'Z The invention also 'comprehends idea to the use of diflerentsizedarticles to be at the of the'baeking means set of grooves for another size.

glable over or along a rod which may extend into opposed grooves ozta set and may be "supported therein by any suitable means,

groove, the backing member ,prefera'bly extending laterally from the rod:

and partition ,meansand into the filing I spac e. The backing member may have a supi 35.

porting-means secured to it as by leg por- 3 tions oisthe supporting means, of different lengths and secured at spaced points of the ;.backingrmemher. it may also have spaced.-

' portionsislidablyengagizng the rod to -pro-. .yide for holding the hacking member "sub- \stantiall y at a normal to the partition means and to prevent sliding of the memherrwheng, itis movedito an. oblique positionrelative to the rod and partition means.

= possessed by the invention.

top plan view of a fillin device constructed :5; Referring to the drawings illustrating an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a in. aecordance with the invention; Figure 2 is ahvertical sectional view t-alrenin a plane represented lineag -2 of Figure" 1 not the 1 oo vrre'nr, or onrceso, innmors e eonronerron F runners.

J ng' into a set of gopposedjgroo'vfes. A grooves Sandie v I 1 her now being shownin'grooves and {8 in nnvmnif: x, "i925. serial No. 5 4 i lsentedby line 3+3 oiEig ire. 2 oithe draw} plan view of a part of the hacking-znieam.

Referring now nore in detail .t'o'ithef drawings, the emhodinient: seILected.',t illustrate the invention is E shows? eom risjingga we t me s t 1 3; iias wh any we oppos te si W l o}. be provided, such.assidelwallsffianfl 5, with I grooves a d 5 11 -fffil 1h"9bfii 6 and 7 torm oneseroigmove 1-8v and ai vm e1. lti to; agunli r v stood that any nun berjoi K a min ri i se d s; th ;-.s ze 11 2 efii iiil fif red hifts; file ,in thelilingspacei may be selectively; ins

s ts; e l q s .sl e ii gi pe 1n s fi s tiiisi r ibl drprg's te ddlili i g v filii g' as amst r 1 1):: r e l fire i imsm eeni ri f a qne pantition mem r-roaming its" as Figure/1; a ri e T e iieperlfedge a to provide a space; the purpose 11o vwhich is explained later. 1U

on the" end portions 12"and l3 .ofthamem erilllfisfsnpported a rod 14 having Qitsfe'nds extending intofthe grooves of ,a s'e't, such as grooves Band 9.

b e wi p ih esi Suppor e a second partition menfber l5 havingfits ends extending into the 's'a'nief grooves and -a'lso provided with a lower edge portion 1 (3 cut away from the nember to form a space above'therodfl ,z YYVithinRthe spacefp eit beast: t partitionmeans and he walm of-the drawer:

is laterally locatedfaibacking meinber 1710f :any suitable construction or form and adapted to act as the hacking supporter member of a pile of :cardsor the like locatedjin a fil- 1 1 sp Y emoved forwarder hackward'asdesired preferably-loy sliding. thejsanie :along'the rodll.

acking niemherimay. be

T is sliding m y b ef ec't e y tepp i means 18 haying flieg portions 19 v and .20. of

different vlengths and secured at the ends ther'eotto spacedp oIintsgotithe hacking'member'loy suitable securing lneans'such screws 21 ,and 22 r as clearly, shown; in, Fig ire of has also *spaced'fand aperturedgportionsfi? and 24connected bya connecting portion 25 such that the portions 23 and24 may'slide along; the :;1 od .1% The spaced port1ons 23 l and 24 are so; sp aced;that i f -the ,pack1ng member 17 be moved obliquely to the rod and the partition means, the portions 23 *and '24 I additional members comprise the partition means having members and and a slide rod 1f]; extending in these g'ipoves. From the rod issupported the backing member '17 and the siipporting member 18. In the full line showing o'f the se membersjthe same are set 1501;, oil lids bf" a greater size and when the mem astrsjji cated fin groovesfd and 7 as "for example the full-line illustrationshows the "cards its; are'of a sized shy-'5 inches. The

larger card, not being sujificientto. prevent l anelfi cient backing of the cards. f I j 'While I have herein described and upon" the drawingsshown a particular embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto but also comprehends other constructions, details and arrangement-sot parts without departing from the spirit thereo v j 1. A filing" device comprising a drawer having opposite walls thereofprovided withgrooves, partition means in said grooves for" providing a filing space'between saidmeans "Having disclosed invention, I

and a wall of thedrawer, and a backing means GQITIlGd by said means and located in said space.

having opposite walls 'thereof provided with BIA filing device comprising a drawer grooves,pa rtition means in said grooves for Pmlldmga filingspace between said means Q and awall of the drawer, a backing member and a wall of the drawer, a backing member "ing laterally therefrom."

, v nd' the," linegpositionj'of the "same m mbers showsthe' fillngf spacing for 1 in said space, and a rod carried said partion' means and 'slida-bly' supporting said member, filing device comprising; a drawer having opposite walls-thereofprovlded with grooves, partition means in said grooves for rovidin a filin s ace between said means and a wall of the drawer, a backing member in said'spaca a rod carried by said partition means, and means connected to said member andslidably 1 connected to said rod.

5. A filing device comprising a drawer having opposite vertical *wgtllsthereof each provided with spaced grooves, means selectively extending in said groovesfor providing different sized filing spaces between said means and another vertical wall of the drawer, and backing" means carriedbysaid first mentioned means'a'nd adapted for backingj'action' in said different sized spaces; 11

- 6, A filing device"compr ising "adrawer iiaving opposite {vertic'al-walls thereofeach provided 'with' spaced grooves, partition means selectively extending I? in 'opp'osed 'me'mbencarriedby said mea s and extendr. 3A filing device comprising 5 'a' 1 *drawer having oppositevertical walls thereofeach provided with spaced grooves .partiitio'n H I I V V W "meansi"selective ly extending in opposed same backingmember 17 maybe usedfor small er drllarger sized cards, the 'space' be- "tween the "end of themember 17 and the 7 5 w'alls' 2 when" the members are located for: a

grooves insaid opposite walls, a rodcarried bysaid means, and hacki g mean-sislidaibly carried by said rod. I 8. 'A] filing device comprising aj container havingside wal ls o"rovide( l"with groves, a lower partitionmember extendlngln said grooves, a'rod extending in said grooves and supported on said lower partition member,

an upper partition member extending in said" grooves, and supported'on said rod, and a backing member extending laterally "from and beingslidable on saidrodf i r 9. A filing device comprising'a container having side walls provided with-grooves, a

rod extending in said'grooves, means in said grooves for holding the rodin place,and a backing member slidablebn said" rod and extending laterally from said rod.

"10. In a filing device, backing meanscomprising a' rod adaptedtoextend into grooves providedin sidewalls of a drawer,- and a 'backingmember slidable'on saidrod and extending laterally therefrom.

11. In a filing device, backing means com prising a rod, adapted to extend into grooves provided in side walls of a drawer,a back ing member extending laterally,- from said rod, means secured to said member and havsaid rod. v

12. In a filing device having backing means, a rod, a backing memberextending laterally from said rod, a 1 support having legs of difierent lengths secured to the back ing spaced elements. .slidably connected to grooves in said opposite walls; and a backing ing member at spaced points and being slidably mounted on the rod. 7

13. In a filing device having backing means, a rod, a backing member extending laterally from said rod, a support secured to the backing member and having spaced portion slidably engaging said rod.

let. A filing device comprising a drawer, a partition therein, a slide carried by the partition, and a backing member slidable along said slide andextending laterally from said partition for backing filing elements in the space in the drawer at the side of said partition.

15. A filing device comprising a drawer having opposite walls, partition means between said walls for providing a space be tween said means and a wall of the drawer, a rod supported bysaid means, and a backing member slidable on said rod and extend ing laterally from said means and into said space.

16. A filing device comprising a drawer having opposite walls, partition means besaid walls for providing a space between said means and a wall of the drawer for accommodation in said space of filing elements of different widths, a backing member extending laterally into said space from said means and adapted to be located for backing filing elements of different widths, and means carried by said partition means for slidably supporting said backing member.

17. In a filing device, backing means comprising a rod supported'between side walls and within the space of a drawer, and a backing member extending laterally from and slidable along said rod for backing action in the drawer space at one side of the rod.

18. In a filing device, backing means com prising a rod supported between side walls and within the space of a drawer, and a backing member extending laterally from and slidable along said rod for backin action in the drawer space at one side of the rod, said backing member having spaced elements slidably connected to the rod for locking therewith when the backing member is moved into angular relation with said rod.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specification.

MAYNARD HOLDING RAGGIO.

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,592,902, granted July 20, 1926, upon the application of Maynard Holding Raggio, of Chicago, Illinois, for an improvement in Filing Devices, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 3, lines 6 and 7, claim 13, for the word portion read portions, and line 25, claim 1-6, before the word said, first occurrence, insert the syllable tween; and. that the saidlletters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oifice.

Signed and sealed this 19th day of October, A. l 1926.

[SEAL] v WM. A. KINNAN,

' Acting Commissioner 0 f Patents. 

